Greek legislative election, 1926
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Legislative elections were held in the Greek Republic on 7 November 1926. At stake were 286 seats in the Greek parliament, the Vouli.
The composition of the new parliament which emerged from these elections meant that the parties and factions had to work together to form a viable parliamentary government. On Kafandaris' initiative negotiations began among the main parties, leading to the swearing-in on the December 4, 1926 of a government under the premiership of Alexandros Zaimis who was not a member of parliament.
The parties which participated in this government were the Liberal Party, the Democratic Union, the People's Party and the Freethinkers' Party. This government came to be known as the "Ecumenical" government.
Summary of 7 November 1926 Greek Parliament (Vouli ton Ellinon) election results | Votes | Seats | ||||||
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No. | % | +− % | No. | +− | ||||
Liberal Party Komma Fileleftheron | Eleftherios Venizelos | 304,727 | 31.70 | 108 | ||||
People's Party Laikon Komma | Panagis Tsaldaris | 194,479 | 22.23 | 60 | ||||
Freethinkers' Party Komma Eleftherofronon | Ioannis Metaxas | 151,660 | 15.78 | 52 | ||||
Democratic Union Demokratiki Enosis | Alexandros Papanastasiou | 62,260 | 6.48 | 17 | ||||
Communist Party of Greece Kommunistikon Komma Ellados | 41,982 | 4.37 | 10 | |||||
Agrarian Party Agrotikon Komma | 28,318 | 2.95 | 4 | |||||
Refugees' Liberal Party Fileleftheron Prosfijikon Komma | Themistokles Sofoulis | 1.40 | 4 | |||||
Jewish Political Union | 5,825 | 0.60 | 2 | |||||
Other anti-Venizelist parties | 57,093 | 5.94 | 15 | |||||
Other Venizelist parties | 83,033 | 8.64 | 18 | |||||
Remaining parties | 37,674 | 3.91 | 2 | |||||
Others | 31.849 | 3.31 | 0 | |||||
No. of valid votes | 961,226 | 100 | 286 | |||||
Invalid votes | 3,912 | |||||||
Total | 965,138 | |||||||
Turnout | 61.37% | |||||||
Electorate | 1,572,469 | |||||||
Source: Lar's Election website; Foundation of the Hellenic World 1926 election data; National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos" 1926 election data |
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